Phrynonax shropshirei

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Phrynonax shropshirei Barbour & Amaral, 1924

Holotype: MCZ 18819, adult ♂.
Type locality: “the vicinity of Gatun, Canal Zone of Panama”.
Paratype: MCZ 18820, adult ♂, collected at “Fort Sherman, Canal Zone” by J.R. Shropshire in 1924.

Barbour, T. & Amaral, A. 1924. Notes on Some Central American Snakes. Occasional papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 5: 129–132. BHL Reference page.
Brongersma, L.D. 1937. Herpetological Notes XIV-XVI. XV. The type of Dipsas dieperinkii Schlegel, 1837, and the genus Pseustes Fitzinger, 1843. Zoologische Mededelingen 20: 1–10.

Kornacker, P.M. 1999. Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela. PaKo-Verlag: Rheinbach, Germany. 270 pp. Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Phrynonax shropshirei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2022.
Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Valencia, J., Arredondo, J.C. & Daza, J. 2017. IUCN: Phrynonax shropshirei (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T15183756A15183764. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T15183756A15183764.en. Accessed on 01 November 2022.

English: Shropshire's Puffing Snake